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What a horrible step our country just took.. what a horrible Sunday. “Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” “If once…

Well, Wynn had their union vote. Not surprisingly, the union passed overwhelmingly (444-149). I’m interested to see what happens. There’s no guarantee that the union can get all the tokes paid back to the dealers, and if they do actually…

Partypoker.com and 888.com (pacific poker and casino-on-net) have already said they will suspend American gambling on their sites once (if) the bill is signed into law by President Bush. The new law doesn’t actually make playing poker online illegal, but…

Are you a Democrat, a Republican? Here is a little test that will help you decide. The answer can be found by posing the following question: You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly,…

Ok, was working on some toke committee stuff today when a nice gentleman at the MGC directed me to this little tidbit: http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/11csr/11c45-8.pdf Pay close attention to Section 1. Yup, supervisors couldn’t wrangle their way into our tokes anyway. And…

Folks, I recently was perusing my email when I received a newsletter with the following information. The house is currently considering HR 5917. This bill would exempt from taxes, the first $10,000 of reported tips income. Now, I did a…

This article at the Boston Globe is right on the money I feel. The world must come to recognize the cynical way in which terrorists exploit civilian casualties. They launch antipersonnel rockets designed to maximize enemy civilian deaths, then they…

Took 10 days for the 15 countries on the UN Security Council to draft the resolution and only 45 minutes till N. Korea rejected its compliance with it… a new record! No “chapter 7” which sanctions use of military force…